The Nail Lab Christmas Polishes - Swatches & Review

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Last week I randomly walked out of my front door for something and to my surprise there was a package addressed to Olivia Jade Nails.  Of course this could only mean one thing.  Surprise nail mail!  Naturally I ran back inside and opened it immediately.  Inside was a beautifully packaged box with five Christmas polishes from The Nail Lab.  Now if you are looking for traditional colours for Christmas manis I think these are the colours you need - a red, a green, a white, a gold glitter and a silver glitter.  While I am eager to start doing some Christmas nail art I am going to hold off for a little bit so keep on eye out on my Instagram for nail art.

Brooke is a red creme.  It's not too bright and it's not too dark, and it applies nicely.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Diana is a clear based polishes with a mix of different sized silver glitters.  I was a little worried that this would be a little too base heavy and the big glitters would be hard to get out, but I was pleasantly surprised.  It was actually easy to work with, no fishing for the glitters and had a great amount of glitter come out.  I used one coat over black for my swatch.

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Foxy is the gold version of Diana.  I did find that this one was a little sparse in the glitters than Diana but I don't necessarily think that that is a bad thing, particularly for those you don't like full on glittery nails.  The formula was easy to work with and I didn't need to fish out the larger glitters.  I used one coat over black.

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Gidget is a white creme polish.  This one had a good formula, it wasn't overly streaky like a lot of white polishes and was opaque in two coats.

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Kelly is a green creme.  Easy to use and definitely a good colour for the holiday season.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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All of these polishes are available for purchase at The Nail Lab.

What are your go to colours for Christmas?

The Nail Lab Swatch Spam - Swatches & Review

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Today I am so excited to share with you a new brand (well at least it is to me) The Nail Lab.  The Nail Lab is actually a nail salon based in Sydney but they also have an online store with goodies like polishes, a nail art book and nail care products.  I was lucky enough to receive five of their polishes to try out and I am super impressed.  Let's just dive on in.

Aretha is a mix of purples, gold and orange glitters of various sizes in a clear base.  This is definitely a fun glitter mix.  Formula wise it was easy to use.  I honestly was expecting it to be very base heavy, but it wasn't.  The glitter comes out rather easily so you don't need to go fishing.  The glitter does like to stick together on the nail so you do need to do some gentle placing.  I used one dabbed coat over Edna.

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Edna is described as "the pinkest of our purples and purplest of our pinks".  That definitely describes this polish.  She is a bright pastel and in my opinion is perfect.  I am seriously so in love with this polish.  Edna is super close to being a one coater (I think if you have short nails you could easily get away with one coat) and applies like a dream.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Flossie is not quite pink and not quite purple either.  Whatever it is, it is beautiful.  The formula is easy to work with, and applies a little streaky on the first coat but evens out on the second. 

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Polly is described as a paler shade of coral.  Not sure why she is called paler but she is really pretty.  Definitely a great spring and summer polish, especially if you aren't a fan of neons.  Formula is fantastic.  Like Edna, Polly is close to being a one coater and applies like a dream.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Rita is The Nail Lab's classic gold metallic.  This is another one with a great formula.  Again, you could get away with one coat, but I used two coats for my swatch.

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Overall, I am so impressed with these polishes.  The colours are so gorgeous and the formulas are fantastic.  I definitely want more of these polishes in my collection.  My absolute favorite from these ones is definitely Edna, and I really love Flossie and Polly as well.

The Nail Lab polishes are available from their online store.